"If the truth gives pain, it is not the fault of the teacher, nor of the reader who hears it for the first time, but of error, which stabs and stings before it will surrender its victim." M.M. Mangasarian

When will this shit stop?! Losing a job because your religious beliefs wont allow certain things is ridiculous.

A Christian doctor has been told she will be sacked from a council's adoption panel after refusing to recommend cases involving gay couples.

By Patrick Sawer

Dr Sheila Matthews, an experienced community paediatrician, has been told her stance means she can no longer sit on Northamptonshire County Council's adoption panel as it conflicts with its equal opportunities policies.

She says she simply wishes to abstain from decisions on whether to approve same-sex couples seeking to adopt and to do otherwise would contradict her Christian beliefs

Dr Matthews, 50, said: "I don't feel that placing children for adoption with same sex couples is the best place for them.

"As a Christian I don't believe its an appropriate lifestyle and I don't believe the outcomes for children would be as good as if they were placed with heterosexual couples."